Sweet Functional Treats For A Healthy Halloween

Sweet Functional Treats For A Healthy Halloween

Candy gets a nutritional upgrade this halloween with low sugar alternatives and functional sweet ... [+] treats infiltrating both the supplement and candy aisles. Every year, the arrival of Halloween is a welcome treat for sweet tooth's as grocery shelves become a colorful array of candy and chocolate. And while there is nothing wrong with adults indulging in the classics, most of the sugar-filled fun is had by the younger ones. Thankfully, the rise of functional confections—candy that goes above and beyond with ingredients targeting specific health needs—means adults can now get their candy fix year-round. Taking vitamins in candy form is nothing new—the first candy-making machine was created by a ... [+] pharmacist in 1947. But taking supplements in sweet form is nothing new. As far back as the 18th century, apothecaries were known to sweeten their bitter-tasting herbal remedies with sugar and prescribe sugar candy to treat ailments. And it was a pharmacist, Oliver Chase, who invented the first candy-making machine in 1947 to create medicated candy lozenges. From the "spoonful of sugar" mantra to the popularity of Flintstones vitamins, both the young and the old have long loved taking their medicine as candy. The global gummy vitamins